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Police identify South Londonderry suicide victim

Lebanon Daily News Staff

Updated:
01/02/2013 05:26:55 PM EST

South Londonderry

Police identify man who shot himself

South Londonderry Township police have released the name of a man who shot and killed himself in front of police officers Saturday night after being involved in a domestic dispute at his home in the 2700 block of Horseshoe Pike in Campbelltown.

Police were called to the home at 9:13 p.m. When they arrived, they learned that 30-year-old John R. Devert Jr. was involved in the dispute and had just driven off in a vehicle after threatening to harm himself, police said.

f Devert was stopped by police about 10 p.m. after he was spotted making a right turn onto Horseshoe Pike from South Forge Road, police said. As an officer from South Londonderry and another from South Annville Township approached the vehicle, the man pulled out a handgun and shot himself, police said. No shots were fired by police officers.

Devert was pronounced dead at the scene by Lebanon County Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Yocum, said police, who withheld Devert's name for several days pending notification of family members.

In addition to South Annville, South Londonderry police were assisted by North Londonderry and Palmyra police and Lebanon County detectives. Fire police from Campbelltown, Hershey and Cleona assisted as Route 322 was shut down until 11:50 p.m.

Palmyra

Borough woman injured in crash

A Palmyra woman was injured last week in a crash involving a vehicle and a pedacycle, a vehicle similar to a bicycle but with an attached motor.

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Beverly Luci, 67, of 101 N. Lincoln St. was traveling east on East Oak Street on her pedacycle when she pulled out from a stop sign to cross South Forge Road and was struck by a vehicle driven by Breann Kunkle, 25, Lehighton, Lehigh County, that was traveling west on East Oak Street and pulled out from a stop sign to turn south onto South Forge Road at 4:04 p.m. Friday, police said.

Luci was transported by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital, police said.

Kunkle was not injured.

Dauphin County

Huntingdon woman injured in crash

A woman from Huntingdon County was injured in a two-vehicle crash in South Hanover Township on Dec. 27, state police at Harrisburg said Wednesday.

Susan Oeffner, 65, Huntingdon, was transported by Life Lion ambulance to the Hershey Medical Center, where she was released after treatment, a hospital spokeswoman said. No other injuries were reported.

A sport utility vehicle driven by Gary Zerbe, 72, Hershey, was traveling east on Canal Street when it pulled out from a stop sign and into the path of Oeffner's car, which was traveling west on Route 39, at 10:26 a.m. Dec. 27, police said. Both vehicles were towed.

CRASH: A vehicle driven by Kevin Snoke, 35, Lebanon, slid on the snow-covered roadway and struck a utility pole about 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Route 72, police said. Snoke was transported to Hershey Medical Center, where he was released after treatment, a hospital spokeswoman said.

CRASH: A vehicle driven by Matthew Mohl, 17, North Lebanon Township, slid on the snow-covered roadway and struck a tree about 2:40 p.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of Long Lane, police said. Mohl and a passenger, Abigail Mailen, 19, Annville, were transported to the Hershey Medical Center, where they were released after treatment, a hospital spokeswoman said.

CRASH: A vehicle driven by Anthony Horn, 63, Cleona, struck a vehicle driven by Dorothy Rumpf, 26, Lebanon, about 10:40 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of East Cumberland Street after Rumpf stopped for vehicle problems, police said. No injuries were reported.

RETAIL THEFT: A 17-year-old Lebanon boy, whose name was not released, was charged with failing to pay for $133 worth of merchandise at Boscov's department store in the Lebanon Valley Mall about 11:46 a.m. Monday, police said.

North Cornwall

CRASH: A vehicle driven by Chevy Houser, 20, Lebanon, was traveling north on Colebrook Road when it slid on the snow-covered roadway and struck a guide rail at Meadow Lane at 5:13 a.m. Dec. 27, police said Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed.

ASSAULT: Tammy Kuhn, 42, of 2196 Walnut St. was charged with simple assault/domestic violence after a fight with her husband, whom police did not name, at 1:52 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

Cleona

BURGLARY: Someone entered a ground-level apartment at 20 E. Pine St. through a locked bedroom window and removed several items between 10 a.m. Monday and 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, state police at Lickdale said. Taken were a 32- to 36-inch flat-screen TV, a Vizio Blu-Ray player, an Xbox 360, three Xbox 360 games, a gold tennis bracelet with 1 karat of square diamonds around the bracelet with a broken clasp, and a Modavo woman's watch with a pearl face and a diamond at the 12 o'clock position. Anyone with further information is asked to call police at 717-865-2194.

RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY: A 16-year-old Elizabethtown girl, whose name was not released, was charged after she was found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle at 375 W. North Ave. at 7:22 a.m. Dec. 19, police said Wednesday.

DUI CRASH: Aaron Wojcik, 38, Newmanstown, was charged with driving under the influence after his sport utility vehicle coasted into a PennDOT sign on the east side of Millardsville Road just north of Route 422 at 1 a.m. Dec. 27, state police at Lickdale said Wednesday. Wojcik then passed out in the passenger seat and was found by PennDOT workers, who called police. Wojcik was uncooperative with police and refused to open the door, but a trooper forced entry due to a possible medical condition and unlocked the doors, police said.

CRASH: Myerstown's Keystone Hook & Ladder and Goodwill fire companies and Myerstown, Schaefferstown and First Aid and Safety Patrol ambulances responded to a crash involving a vehicle into a utility pole at 304 N. Locust St. at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday. No police report was available.

CORRUPTION OF MINORS: Steven Amundson, 21, Margaretville, N.Y., was charged after he and a 16-year-old girl from Andes, N.Y., were found smoking marijuana in a vehicle along Route 72 just north of Lickdale Road, at 2:59 a.m. Wednesday, state police at Lickdale said. The girl was turned over to Children and Youth to be transported back to New York.